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He added: “Obviously we were not happy about the two goals we conceded. Neither the first or the second but a game of football is 95 minutes and there’s a lot more that happens in those 95 or 96 minutes than those few seconds it takes to score a goal or concede a goal.

“If I look at the total performance over the 96 minutes then I believe we played well enough to win the game.”

However, the second question, putting it to Hodgson that he needs to start turning those performances into victories, seemed to irk him.

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“I work to get performances, I work to make sure the team understands its job, we go on the field and give good performances which, certainly on this occasion, and I’m quite happy for anyone to contradict me, are far better than the opponents.

“We created more chances, had more of the ball and been fouled probably a record number of times.

“In answer to your question ‘you’ve got to turn that into victories’, I don’t know what can be done other than more of the same with the hope that if good performances are the key to getting points, we’ll get points.

“If it’s quite simply a matter of whether you play good or badly, you’re looking for someone who just has a magic wand and it doesn’t matter how the team plays, you just want them to win, good luck.”